User manual

PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X
Aerosoft GmbH 2013
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Define if an airport should be used as a Destination, Take-off and/or
Enroute Alternate, as an Adequate Airport or if it is isolated.
Preferred departure/arrival runways
PFPX automatically selects the most favourable departure/arrival run-
ways, taking into account present wind conditions and runway length.
Traffic or other operational reasons may require planning a different
runway. Use the input mask to optimize automatic runway selection.
Map
The Map tab displays the airport location and its vicinity.
Alternates
PFPX is able to automatically determine destination alternates for a gi-
ven airport depending on distance, runway length and airport type.
For operational reasons it may be advisable to define a list of up to 20
preferred alternates.
Airports on the top of the list have a higher priority than airports on the
lower part of the list.
Company NOTAMs
Beyond airport NOTAMs, Company NOTAMs can be added for an air-
port. This usually is company internal information and can be added to
the flight briefing package.
Waypoint & Airway Editor
PFPX allows you to add user-defined waypoints, airports and airways to
the navigation database, and to delete existing user-defined waypoints,
airports and airways. PFPX comes with an initial set of user defined di-
rect routes (airways) to improve route finding capabilities.
User-defined data is stored in a separate file and therefore it is retained
when a new navigation database is installed.